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SYLLABICATION:ap·pro·pri·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  -prpr-t
ADJECTIVE: Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing, ap·pro·pri·ates
(-t)1. To set apart for a specific use: appropriating funds for education. 2. To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission: Lee appropriated my unread newspaper and never returned it.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropritus, past participle of approprire, to make one's own : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin proprius, own; see per1 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:ap·propri·ate·lyADVERB
ap·propri·ate·nessNOUN
ap·propri·ative (-tv) —ADJECTIVE
ap·propri·atorNOUN
SYNONYMS:appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, preempt, usurp These verbs mean to seize for oneself or as one's right: appropriated the family car; arrogated the chair at the head of the table; commandeered a plane for the escape; confiscating stolen property; preempted the glory for herself; usurped the throne. See also synonyms at allocate.
 
 
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